MADRID (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI denounced the profit-at-all-cost mentality that he says is behind Europe's current economic crisis as he arrived in hard-hit Spain on Thursday, and said morals and ethics must play a greater role in formulating economic policy in the future.
Benedict made the comments as he traveled to Madrid for the Catholic Church's World Youth Day, a weeklong Catholic festival that is taking place against a backdrop of the European debt crisis and social unrest among the young that exploded recently in the riots in Britain.
On Wednesday night, about 5,000 people opposed to the pope's visit marched peacefully to Madrid's central Puerta del Sol plaza, which has been the epicenter of Spain's anti-establishment protests since May. A smaller number of protesters then clashed with riot police. Police said eight demonstrators were arrested and 11 people were injured. (29 images)
Benedict made the comments as he traveled to Madrid for the Catholic Church's World Youth Day, a weeklong Catholic festival that is taking place against a backdrop of the European debt crisis and social unrest among the young that exploded recently in the riots in Britain.
On Wednesday night, about 5,000 people opposed to the pope's visit marched peacefully to Madrid's central Puerta del Sol plaza, which has been the epicenter of Spain's anti-establishment protests since May. A smaller number of protesters then clashed with riot police. Police said eight demonstrators were arrested and 11 people were injured. (29 images)
Pope Benedict XVI, King Juan Carlos, left, and Queen Sofia of Spain are greeted by bishops at Barajas Airport in Madrid, Spain, Thursday Aug. 18, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti
Pope Benedict XVI mounts the saluting stand next to King Juan Carlos, right, and Queen Sofia of Spain Juan Carlos as he arrives at Barajas Airport in Madrid, Spain, Thursday Aug. 18, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti
Pope Benedict XVI waves from his Popemobile in Puerta de Alcala square in Madrid on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. AP / Arturo Rodriguez
Pilgrims are sprayed with water as thousands wait for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. AP / Arturo Rodriguez
A priest takes confession from a pilgrim inside a temporary confesional
in the Retiro park ahead to the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid Wednesday Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti
A woman prays inside the military archbishop's Church ahead of a visit on Thursday by Pope Benedict XVI, Madrid, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Members of the Spanish Legion, an elite unit of the Spanish Army, guard El Cristo de la Buena Muerte, or Christ of the Good Death, inside the military archbishop's Church ahead of Thursday's visit by Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Teff Kroll from Austin, Texas, prays while pilgrims sing and demonstrators, not seen, shout slogans against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid Wednesday Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Demonstrators shout slogans against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza
A priest and a pilgrim run as demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid Wednesday Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti
Pilgrims pray as a demonstrator shouts slogans against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid Wednesday Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti
A young woman wearing the World Youth Day yellow shirt, center, argues
with demonstrators protesting the visit of Pope Benedict XVI at Madrid's central Sol square Wednesday Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Armando Franca
Demonstrators shout slogans agains pilgrims during a protest against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid Wednesday Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti
A demonstrator confronts a riot police officer during clashes which
were part of a protest against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid Wednesday Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti
Riot police officers clash with demonstrators during a protest against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid Wednesday Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti
Riot police officers clash with demostrators following a protest against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Madrid on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Arturo Rodriguez
A demonstrator is detained by plain clothes police officers during
clashes following a protest against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid Wednesday Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti
Pope's supporters grapple with part of a lay demonstration in Madrid on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Arturo Rodriguez
A pilgrim holds a cross as demonstrators, not seen, protest agains the next visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid, Wednesday Aug. 17, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti
Pilgrims attend a mass at the Cibeles square, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, ahead to the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid next Aug. 18 - 21. AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Pilgrims pray in the street during a mass at the Cibeles square, Madrid, Tuesday Aug. 16, 2011, ahead of the visit of Pope Benedict XVI next Aug. 18-21. AP / Emilio Morenatti
A Roman Catholic priest uses a fan while he waits inside Madrid's town hall before a mass at the Cibeles square, Tuesday Aug. 16, 2011, ahead to the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid next Aug. 18 - 21. AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Nuns from Mother Theresa
of Calcutta pray during a mass for pilgrims ahead of a visit of by Pope
Benedict XVI from Aug. 18 to Aug. 21 at the Retiro Park, in Madrid,
Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti
Adoracion, a homeless woman from Toledo Spain, begs for alms in a
street near Sol Square Madrid on Monday Aug. 15, 2011, ahead to the
visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid next Aug. 18- 21. AP / Emilio Morenatti
Nuns from New York belonging to Sisters of Life, a female Roman
Catholic religious order, attend to a mass in an improvised chapel at a
sports stadium in Madrid Monday Aug. 15, 2011, ahead to the visit of
Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid next Aug. 18- 21. AP / Emilio Morenatti
Nuns from New York belong to Sisters of Life, a female Roman Catholic
religious order, hold part of a poster with the image of Jesus Christ as
they hang it up on the wall in an improvised chapel at an sport stadium
Monday Aug. 15, 2011, ahead to the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid
next Aug. 18- 21. AP / Emilio Morenatti
A nun takes communion during a religious ceremony in the central square
of Javier Castle, northern Spain, Saturday Aug. 13, 2011, ahead of a
visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Madrid Aug. 18- 21. AP / Alvaro Barrientos
Several nuns pray during a religious ceremony in the central square of
Javier Castle, northern Spain, Saturday Aug. 13, 2011, ahead of a visit
by Pope Benedict XVI to Madrid Aug. 18- 21. AP / Alvaro Barrientos
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